(L) Victim Surya, R Accused Asad GHAZIABAD: The prime accused in the fatal stabbing of a Class 11 student in Ghaziabad was shot dead in a police encounter late on Saturday night.Officials said the accused, Asad, was wanted in connection with the killing of 17-year-old Surya Pratap, who was stabbed during an altercation in Khoda…
Trump says Starmer wil lresign (File photos) US president Donald Trump made a bold claim stating that UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will resign and then took a jab saying “he failed badly”.“Keir Starmer will resign as Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. He failed badly on two very important subjects- IMMIGRATION AND ENERGY (OPEN…
A row erupted after far-right US political activist Laura Loomer said she wants to return to India following US secretary of state Marco Rubio’s recent visit to the country.Loomer triggered the backlash after posting on X: “Seeing all of Marco Rubio’s photos from India makes me want to go back to India!She added: “I love…
Sriram Krishnan, the outgoing White House AI advisor to President Donald Trump, has put the blame on tech leaders of elite artificial intelligence (AI) Labs in the US for fueling a massive public backlash against the technology through their own ‘dystopian and doomer’ corporate messaging. In an in-depth interview with the Financial Times, the 42-year-old…
NEW DELHI: A high-level delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday met the Election Commission over Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge‘s remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.While talking to reporters after the meet, Union parliamentary affairs Kiren Rijiju said that no political party has ever touched that level of disrespect as Congress. Rijiju added that the…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has now taken suo motu cognisance of the death of Noida-based model-turned-actor Twisha Sharma, a development that has pushed the case beyond a local criminal investigation into a matter of national judicial scrutiny. The case, which began with the 26-year-old’s death under suspicious circumstances at her in-laws’ home in Bhopal…
NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday said that Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike for the past six days demanding the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, has lost more than 5 kilograms of body weight.In a video, Dipke said Wangchuk had undergone a medical check-up, which revealed…
A Bangladeshi albino buffalo – nicknamed Donald Trump – was spared from Eid al-Adha sacrifice after government intervention.According to Bangladesh’s home ministry, authorities stepped in at the last minute, citing security concerns after a surge of public interest ahead of the festival.Home minister Salahuddin Ahmed ordered that the buffalo be spared, the buyer refunded, and…
Oil prices edged lower on Wednesday after an early rise in Asian trade, as investors assessed uncertainty around US-Iran peace talks following Washington’s decision to extend the ceasefire.Brent crude futures fell 21 cents, or 0.2%, to $98.27 a barrel at 0039 GMT, after earlier touching $99.38.US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude dropped 28 cents, or…
The Centre on Monday announced that the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, or VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, will come into force across India from July 1, replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) after nearly two decades.The government has pitched the new legislation as a “next-generation…